Tracking cookie regulation should have defaulted to "Users must opt in" rather than opt out. Opt out will always lead to dark patterns and manipulation like thi

Tracking cookie regulation should have defaulted to "Users must opt in" rather than opt out. Opt out will always lead to dark patterns and manipulation like this (try to cancel most "free trials" or subscriptions!). And why wasn't it? Because "No one would ever opt-in!" Yeah. Exactly. Leave us the fuck alone.